Americans United for Life

“Our model legislation is specifically tailored to confront the current trends in Big Abortion’s overreach,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. “The scandalous behavior of this destructive industry must be confronted, and the eighth edition of Defending Life equips legislators to do just that.” WASHINGTON, D.C….

Each year, AUL publishes Defending Life: A State-by-State Legal Guide to Abortion, Bioethics, and the End of Life.

This annual resource manual combines our model legislation, expert analysis, and 50 state report cards into a single nonpartisan guide for legislators, policy makers, the media, and interested Americans. It comprehensively addresses abortion, protection of the unborn (in contexts outside of abortion), bioethics, the end-of-life, and health care freedom of conscience, expertly tackles legal and policy challenges for the pro-life movement, and reports on recent legislative and courtroom victories, continuing progress toward protecting life in each of the 50 states, and emerging issues and trends.

The Sioux City Journal reports on yesterday’s rally in Iowa: It’s been 40 years since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, but Daniel McConchie isn’t giving up hope of overturning that decision. He takes encouragement from the fact that after four decades…

“This is truly the battle of our time to protect the liberties guaranteed to us over 200 years ago,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (02-19-13) — Americans United for Life filed two more amicus curiae briefs supporting legal challenges to the Obama Administration’s…

Des Moines Register: Dan McConchie, vice president of public affairs for Washington-based Americans United for Life, was the keynote speaker. He cautioned there is “no one silver bullet” that will suddenly prohibit legalized abortion. But he urged abortion foes to bring pressure upon legislators to…

Des Moines Register Dan McConchie, vice president of public affairs for Washington-based Americans United for Life, was the keynote speaker. He cautioned there is “no one silver bullet” that will suddenly prohibit legalized abortion. But he urged abortion foes to bring pressure upon legislators to…

AUL President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest is quoted by Bloomberg BusinessWeek: This year, Republican lawmakers in Iowa, Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, and Mississippi have introduced similar bills restricting the use of telemedicine in prescribing abortion drugs. All but one of the measures are based on…

Reuters quotes Anna Franzonello: Critics, who liken the drug to abortion, lamented the findings. The rise in emergency contraception use “is the sad result of deceptive labeling,” Anna Franzonello, an attorney for Americans United for Life. The pill is sold by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd…

World magazine quotes AUL’s Anna Franzonello: Americans United for Life (AUL) Attorney Anna Franzonello said in a statement the increase in use shows many women don’t know what the drugs really do: “AUL’s concern that life-ending drugs are being deceptively labeled as ‘contraception’ has only…